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originally posted by: oldcarpy
a reply to: sapien82
Ah yes - the old "It all started in the US" ploy. I see you are familiar with it.
originally posted by: sapien82
boris makes out he doesnt want negotiations in public
He has said in house today that they want a deal , as opposed to him saying he wants a no deal brexit as thats what was voted for.
The guy doesnt have a clue
originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: sapien82
They were handing out silly mortgages that people could not pay in the UK the same way they were in the USA.
The banking collapse was about greedy bankers, then canny understand when enough is enough.
PFI use proliferated under Tony Blair's Labour government, but PFIs fell out of favour after the 2008 financial crisis, as the cost of private finance increased and as questions were raised over their efficacy.
Financing projects such as schools and hospitals privately costs taxpayers billions of pounds more than public sector alternatives, parliament's spending watchdog says.
A report suggests a group of schools cost 40% more to build and a hospital 70% more to construct than if they were financed by government borrowing
But she said many local bodies were now "shackled to inflexible PFI contracts that are exorbitantly expensive to change."
The GMB union said it showed PFI to be "a catastrophic waste of taxpayers' money" and that it should mean "the game is up for PFI".
The report also identified other reasons for higher costs at PFIs including insurance, fees for external advisors, fees for arranging borrowing and the cost of producing and auditing accounts.
originally posted by: sapien82
Just read reports that both SKY news and the BBC who were providing full coverage of the parliamentary debate in the house have cut Ian blackfords response to the house
this again another attempt by the UK media to silence scotlands voice
both SKY and the BBC have been caught out doing this when Ian blackford was addressing the PM Theresa May
and now they do it when he responds to boris and ye wonder why no one pays for a tv license in scotland any more
originally posted by: sapien82
a reply to: eletheia
Nice how convenient for you not to listen to the opposition of the government regardless of their independence mandate.
is equivalent to "la la la la not listening" *fingers in ears
hate tories for good reason , but I always listen to what they have to say no matter how #in boring and grey they look